Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, a medical facility in the San Francisco Bay Area, has completed the requirements needed to become a qualified treatment center for Zevaskyn (prademagene zamikeracel), a gene therapy approved earlier this year for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), according to a press release. The…
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Last year, I sat down with my friend to watch our sons play football. She confided in me that she was concerned about her son continuing to play because he’d been showing symptoms that raised a red flag: slow growth, frequent injuries, and other issues that didn’t add up for…
PKC412, a medication already used for treating certain blood cancers, has the potential to be repurposed for treating epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS), according to a preclinical study. Using skin cells from people with various EBS-causing genetic mutations, scientists found that PKC412, also known as midostaurin, made the cells more…
Becoming educated and informed about epidermolysis bullosa is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of our columnists’ words of wisdom to help you along on your EB journey.
There is no cure for EB yet, but there are treatments that can help manage the disease. Learn more about the approved and experimental therapies here.
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